2024-2025 Course Catalog

CNC Technology Certificate (300C)

This career-laddering certificate is designed to prepare the graduate with thorough knowledge of the skills necessary to be successful in a CNC manufacturing environment. Graduates will be prepared for the following positions: CNC Programmer, CNC Operator, Machine Programmer, Machinist, CAM Operator, CAM Programmer, Manufacturing Inspector, and Machine Operator. Graduates will be able to translate engineers' designs into systems and projects; collect and analyze data; inspect work; check, maintain, and adjust machine tools; and perform preventive maintenance on industrial equipment. Course work includes drafting, blueprint reading, machining, cutting and work holding, robotics, metrology, CNC turning, CNC milling, computer-aided manufacturing, and AutoCAD courses. 

 

This certificate is aligned with the AAS CNC Specialty.

Graduation Requirements

  1. Total Credit Hours: 47 credit hours in courses numbered 100 and above
  2. Cumulative Grade Point Average: 2.00 (‘C’) or better for all work applicable toward the degree that was completed at Richland
  3. Residency: 15 credit hours or more at Richland

Curriculum Requirements

Required Courses

DRAFT 103AutoCAD, Introductory

3.0

ENGT 100Manufacturing Processes

3.0

ENGT 101Motor Control Fundamentals

4.0

ENGT 102Blueprint Reading

3.0

ENGT 103Fluid Power Fundamentals

3.0

ENGT 104CNC Fundamentals

3.0

ENGT 105Occupational Safety (MSSC-1)

3.0

ENGT 150Machining Fundamentals

2.0

ENGT 151Cutting & Workholding

2.0

ENGT 160Metrology and Quality Control

3.0

ENGT 200Industrial Materials

3.0

ENGT 213Robotic Fundamentals

3.0

ENGT 250CNC Turning

3.0

ENGT 251CNC Milling

3.0

ENGT 252CAM Applications

3.0

WELD 195Industrial Welding Fundamentals

3.0

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